7 Common, Evil Ingredients You Should Never Eat Again

Not long ago, a seemingly
radical idea arrived at the grocery store—the mandatory nutrition information
label. Designed to help consumers get a clearer picture of what exactly was in
their food, the idea essentially legislated food processors into being more
transparent about their ingredients.

Instead however, we got a
lot of confusion as Big Food found ways to put questionable substances and
suspected carcinogens in plain sight, right there on the nutrition label! Buried
in the small print, with abbreviations and chemical chart names only Stephen
Hawking would understand, consumers were left little more enlightened than they
were before mandatory labeling.

To help unravel the label
gibberish, here are the 7 ingredients you should always leave behind on the
supermarket shelf:

1. Aspartame

If it says Equal or
NutraSweet on the box, don’t put it in your cart. It’s a chemical sweetener
that’s loaded with phenylalanine. This is a neurotoxin which many scientists
believe can alter brain function, cause behavioral changes in adults and even
mental retardation in growing fetuses when used by mothers-to-be. If that
weren’t enough, side effects can also include headaches, seizures, menstrual
problems, and gastrointestinal distress.

2. BHA and BHT

These two similar chemicals
are used to prevent oil-containing foods from going rancid. A seemingly
admirable enough use. However, they also come with some serious
concerns—they’re known carcinogens, having caused cancer in lab rats, mice, and
hamsters. Avoid it BHA and BHT all costs.

3. Food Coloring

Designed to make foods more
attractive, food coloring has an ugly side: caramel coloring manufacturing
involves the use of industrial solvents and carcinogens. Red Dye No. 3 is
associated with tumor development. Red Dye 40 and Yellow 6 are closely associated
with aggressive behaviors and impulse control problems in children. Stay far, far
away.

4. Hydrolyzed Vegetable
Protein

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
is a chemically created, flavor-enhancing protein substance that’s similar to
MSG, but whitewashed a bit with a healthier sounding name. The problem with HVP
is that it contains hidden MSG, so you can still wind up sickening yourself
with headaches, migraines, heart irregularities and so on. Two more members of
the MSG family to avoid: autolyzed yeast extract and hydrolyzed yeast extract –
they, too can make sensitive types feel awful.

5. Parabens

Parabens are chemical
preservatives most commonly found in cosmetics and beauty products, but oddly
enough, they’re also found in many baked goods, like breads, cakes, pies, pastries,
cereals and some processed meats. Designed to inhibit mold growth, there’s
evidence to suggest that parabens in food may play a contributing role in
hormone-related problems in women, such as breast cancer, and reduced
testosterone levels in men. Steer clear.

6. Partially Hydrogenated
Oil

Partially hydrogenated oil
and trans fat are essentially one in the same. Most folks don’t realize that a
product can claim “0g trans fat” as long as there is less than a half gram per
serving. S o if you see it on the label, don’t buy it (even if it says trans
fat free). Case closed. Sure the stuff makes your food less likely to spoil, but
it clogs your arteries, raises bad cholesterol and lowers the good cholesterol
and who needs that?

7. Nitrites

Left unadulterated, meat
will start to spoil and look pretty unappetizing quickly. Add some
refrigeration and a layer of nitrites, and the shelf life, not to mention the
fresh-looking red color, lengthens significantly. But what happens to the
nitrates when humans ingest it? Well, not only can nitrites trigger headaches
and allergic reactions, research indicates that a daily habit of nitrate-laden
cured meats can increase risk of cancerous tumors.

While I don’t recommend
eating foods with nitrites, if it’s unavoidable, then start you meal with
antioxidants Vitamin C and E to protect your body. (Note: Naturally occurring
nitrites, like those in some vegetables don’t cause health woes, so feel free
to eat your veggies!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT BONUS!

While carefully reading
labels can help you make somewhat better choices, here’s a more radical and
much simpler approach: stop buying foods with labels on them and make the
switch to whole, natural, organic or local, grower-to-table foods. You’ll get
exactly what your body needs and virtually none of the dangerous additives your
body is better off without.

7 Common, Evil Ingredients You Should Never Eat Again4.55Josh Murdoch Not long ago, a seemingly radical idea arrived at the grocery store—the mandatory nutrition information label. Designed to help consumers ...

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